The river that Li Dian pointed to is the main stream that flows into Shaobi, which is the north-south water, which originates in the north of Anhui County.

Xiahoudun was confused, and asked curiously: "This river is called Xuanshui, what's wrong?" ”

"The water connects Lu'an, Lixian, and Longshu, and further south is Juchao and Anhui counties, if this fleet goes up the river, it must be the army of the Lujiang River."

Li Dian pulled with his hand, looking particularly confident.

"Yes, yes." Xiahou nodded in affirmation, and at the same time added: "No wonder this time they all used fishing boats to lure the enemy, Sun Quan Xiao'er should not have given the Lujiang warboat." ”

Qin Yi looked at the two of them and looked left and right, and then asked his own question: "What do the two generals mean. The hundreds of fishing boats that entered Shaobi should not return to the water, and then divert to apply water? Can be done in this way. What did the main force of the thief army in the southeast of Shouchun say? Could it be the soldiers and horses of Hefei? ”

"Probably not." Xiahoudun first came to a conclusion, and then shook his head and analyzed: "I have no grievances with Long Xiang, he will not brave the rain to destroy my rice field, and there are more than 10,000 garrisons in Hefei, so Long Xiang is not afraid that Sun Quan will take advantage of the situation?" ”

Qin Yi frowned and asked: "Hefei and Jiangdong have secretly communicated with each other, it's not a day or two, Long Xiang is still afraid that Sun Quan will take advantage of the situation?" ”

"Sun Quan Xiao'er is so despicable, Long Xiang is a smart person who won't believe it, sometimes the betrayal of allies is fatal, I want to ask the princes of the Eighteenth Road to ask for Dong back then, which episode is not selfish" Xiahou Xuan's expression suddenly became solemn, and then reminded Qin Yi with words: "You think about Mancheng's analysis, even if Long Xiang sneaks up on Shouchun rice fields, where did those hundreds of fishing boats come from?" Aren't they ready to go back? ”

"Ahh

Seeing that Qin Yi had already stopped talking, Xiahoudun turned around and asked Li Dian: "Man Cheng, just now Captain Qin has a question worth scrutinizing, that is, the movements of the tens of thousands of rats in the southeast of Shouchun, their marching direction is very suspicious, they don't take a boat back to Jiangdong or Lujiang, do they want to go to Hefei to join Longxiang?" ”

Li Dian calmly replied: "It is a common trick of Jiangdong people to attack the east and attack the west, as General Xiahou just said, although Hefei and Jiangdong are secretly in tune, but they must guard against each other, that army will not borrow from Hefei, if I am not bad today, they will definitely find a place to turn to the west, and then cross the river to the west and then return to the Lujiang River in the south." ”

"Reasonable" Xiahoudun echoed softly, and the suspicion on his face still did not retreat: "It's just that the area west of the river is wide, and I don't know which way this group of rats will take to return to the Lujiang River."

Li Dian pointed to the map and analyzed: "There is no problem with boating on the first line of the water, but the road is rugged and not suitable for marching, and the plain in the east is easier to walk. ”

Xiahoudun lowered his head and asked, "Are you sure?" ”

"If it is really Lujiang's soldiers, the end will be seventy percent certain." Li Dian didn't dare to say anything, leaving himself room to maneuver.

"Seventy percent is not a lot." Xiahoudun bowed his head solemnly, turned around and instructed Qin Yi: "You let the scouts keep an eye on that group of rats, we will set off now, rush to Zipeng Mountain to set up an ambush in front of the thief army, and directly cut off their way back. ”

"Yui." Qin Yi took the order and turned away.

Li Dian couldn't stop Xiahoudun from chasing the enemy, so he could only provide support tactically.

Seeing that Xiahoudun was about to leave, Li Dian couldn't help but continue to remind: "General, there is no absolute thing to defeat, if the thief army does not take this path, you must remember not to chase deeply." ”

"Don't worry, I'll win a big victory." Xiahoudun was full of confidence.

Due to the plan to march in a hurry, in order to reduce the burden of the soldiers, Xiahoudun ordered to rush with only three days' rations, preparing to destroy Chen Lan and eat the opponent's army rations.

It was already afternoon when Shouchun came out, and Xiahoudun led the horse to ride south along Shaobei, and it was already dark when he was halfway through the lake.

Eight thousand soldiers went into battle lightly, and did not carry any baggage except for light armor, so Xiahoudun ordered to sleep by the lake.

At night, the wind rose on the lake, freezing 8,000 Cao soldiers like homeless wild dogs, and in the second half of the night, it rained lightly, and the soldiers could only huddle together to keep warm, and many people thought of their families at that time.

Physically and mentally tortured, fortunately, Xiahoudun was strict in governing the army, and he also had a set of chicken blood, and received the news that Chen Lanxi crossed the river at night, so the soldiers under his command could still guarantee their morale.

Chen Lan crossed the river ten miles south of Xiahoudun, but because it was inconvenient to pursue because of the rain that night, Cao's army was left behind the next day.

Seeing that the prey was in front of him, Xiahoudun did not allow the cooked duck to fly, so he urged the soldiers to pursue the next morning, but unfortunately it rained for a few hours that day, and the march on the muddy road could not pull the distance, and Chen Lan in front seemed to be alert, so there was still a gap of ten miles after chasing for a day.

The next night, the dark clouds in the sky were blown away by the wind, and when you looked up, you could see the moon and stars, indicating that tomorrow would be a clear day.

Xiahoudun looked at the night sky, and said in his heart that God seemed to be helping me, and he was sure that he would be able to catch up on the third day.

Before dawn on the third day, Xiahoudun assembled his whole army and advanced in the dark, and the soldiers gnawed dry food as they walked, gradually shortening the distance between them and Chen Lan.

By mid-morning, Xiahoudun could already see the enemy in front of him, and the scattered formation showed that military discipline was not strict.

Hmph, that's it? I'm done.

Xiahoudun shouted excitedly: "Sons, cheer and shout with me, let the rats in front of you be frightened, let's catch up harder, and we will have merit in killing the enemy." ”

"Yui."

As the generals around him responded to the peace, the eight thousand Cao soldiers suddenly spoke, and Chen Lan's tribe, who was 'fleeing for his life' in front, seemed to be even more flustered.

Qin Yi pointed his gun to the front and reminded: "General, a few miles ahead is Zipeng Mountain, if you let the thief army escape into the mountain, I'm afraid it will be difficult to chase."

"So what are you waiting for? Advance at full speed, before the thieves enter the mountain, I must have bitten me. ”

As Xiahoudun kept shouting and encouraging, his sons and daughters ran tirelessly through the wilderness as if they had been beaten with chicken blood, while the enemy in front of them showed fatigue.

Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Zipeng Mountain, Chen Lan immediately decided to leave the two battalions of soldiers behind, and bought time for the rest of the troops to escape into the mountains to hide.

Xiahou took the lead in riding his horse, and suddenly saw the enemy in front of him stop and line up, so he immediately suppressed the formation and slowly met it.

When Cao Jun moved forward, Qin Yi saw that the general in front of the enemy formation was very familiar, and he felt like he had seen it somewhere.

After thinking for a moment, he suddenly remembered.

Qin Yi hurriedly reminded: "General, this is Chen Lan, the old general of Yuan Shu, who was originally entrenched in the north of the Lujiang River, but I didn't expect that it was him who destroyed the rice fields, this person has been secretly communicating with Sun Quan for a long time, maybe he was acting on Sun Quan's orders."

"It's all the same, sooner or later, it's my ghost."

Xiahou stepped forward with his knife and looked Chen Lan up and down, but unexpectedly, the other party was extremely insulted when he opened his mouth.

"What are you fooling around? Wrong, you're blind, aren't you? You blind man chased Chen all the way, aren't you tired of being crooked? ”

"Chen Lan, right? Wait a moment for your head to hit the ground, and I hope your mouth is still so hard. Xiahoudun choked back and raised the knife on the horse's head, and said coldly: "My big knife is hungry and thirsty. ”

(End of chapter)